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Ancient Ascetic Crossword Clue

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99%6Exact Match!
adjective

• said of or relating to the Essenes

noun

• a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus

31%6Ascetic priests in ancient India
noun

• A Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry of a sacred character.

• (post-Vedic) A Hindu sage or saint occupying the same position in India history as the patriarchs of other countries, constituting a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from Asuras, Devas and mortal men.

26%7Ascetic - ancient Greek
adjective

• of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people

noun

• a resident of Sparta

adjective satellite

• resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity

• unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment

• practicing great self-denial

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New York Times18 Jan 2006 Down 44
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